January 2013
Condom Trace Evidence: A New Factor in Sexual Assault Investigations
By Robert D. Blackledge, M.S. Mr. Blackledge is senior chemist at the Naval Criminal Investigative Service Regional Forensic Laboratory in San Diego, California. This Article Originally Appeared in the FBI Law Enforcement…
January 27, 2013October 13, 2013
Caught on Tape
Using Criminals’ Videos Against Them By Edward F. Davis, M.S., and Anthony J. Pinzotto, Ph.D. This article originally appeared in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, November, 1998. In Sparta, Michigan, a 16-year-old…
January 27, 2013October 13, 2013
Burglary Investigations
By Daryl W. Clemens Burglary defined Burglary is sometimes also known as Home Invasion, or Breaking and Entering. The unlawful entry into the premises of another with intent to commit a felony…
January 26, 2013October 13, 2013
Black Powder Processing
By Pat A. Wertheim This article originally appeared in “Minutiae”, The Lightning Powder Co. Newsletter, No. 42, May-June 1997, p. 6. Although old-fashioned black powder is the workhorse of fingerprint development techniques…
January 26, 2013October 13, 2013
Bite Mark Analysis
Written by Katherine Steck-Flynn Ted Bundy was a killer. Not only was he a killer but he was a serial killer. He rampaged through a large part of the United States killing…
January 26, 2013October 13, 2013
Fingerprints: The Origins of Crime Detection and the Murder Case that Launched Forensic Science
Thoroughly researched and engagingly written, this book is sure to appeal to people in the fingerprint profession, and to those who love history. The book centers around “The Shocking Tragedy at Deptford”,…
January 26, 2013July 8, 2015
Bad Science
by D. H. Garrison, Jr. Forensic Services Unit Grand Rapids Police Department Grand Rapids, Michigan This Article Originally Appeared in the MAFS Newsletter, October 1991. Forensic science is the product of an…
January 26, 2013October 13, 2013
Arson Investigation
Written by Katherine Steck-Flynn The Fire Arson investigation starts with the fire itself. To create and sustain a fire three factors must be present. The three factors are known as the fire…
January 26, 2013October 13, 2013
Hidden Evidence: Latent Prints on Human Skin
By Ivan Ross Futrell Mr. Futrell is a supervisory fingerprint specialist in the Latent Fingerprint Section of the FBI Laboratory in Washington, D.C. This Article Originally Appeared in the FBI Law Enforcement…